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    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "the pandemic and the possible effects it will have on us. I am sure many of us have gone through the pandemic in one way or the other, but we also have a duty to perform. If you look at the arrangement that we are suggesting to Hon. Members, we are going to have five sittings in a week as opposed to four sittings that we have been having previously. So, ideally, we are increasing our workload during this period of time. This needs to go out very clearly that the Hon. Members have looked for a way through the House Business Committee (HBC) of even having more sittings to transact business. In what we are proposing, we are adding evening sittings on Tuesday and Wednesday to take care of the Morning Sitting of Wednesday which we are losing because we want the mornings to be free to fumigate the Chamber due to the pandemic. Allow me to say a few words as I finish. First, we basically have six months to December to transact business as a House. After December, we will go on recess. Coming back in February, you will hardly find Hon. Members in this House because the election mood will have crept in, and Members will pay more attention to either retaining their seats or seeking for other positions. I do not know how many Members are going to retire in this House. I have not heard anyone indicating that he or she is likely to retire. Therefore, this is the time that we really need to finish those urgent matters that we have and the legislative proposals that are in the conveyor belt so that we clear them for the 13th Parliament to take over from there. My final comment is to plead with my colleagues, especially when it comes to making serious allegations that border and touch on the integrity of this House. You may feel disappointed, disgruntled or hurt, but if you are going to cast aspersions on the integrity of any Member here or even all the Members, then it should be backed by clear evidence. I see some casual nature with which some of my colleagues treat the issues of integrity, and it is very sad. We need to point out that if there are cases of corruption in the House or among Members of Parliament, it should be backed by clear evidence. Let us not scandalise all Hon. Members. What you eat is your name. The moment you lose your name, you lose it completely. I just want to beg my colleagues that, let us not be carried away by cheap popularity to the extent of making this House look very bad. Hon. Speaker, I second the Motion. Thank you."
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